--- name: "Monty Woolley" canonical: "https://film.one/person/monty-woolley" roles: ["Actor"] born: "17 August 1888" died: "6 May 1963" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 68 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-20T01:34:19.246997+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Monty Woolley Actor. Born 17 August 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 6 May 1963. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 17 August 1888, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 6 May 1963 - **Active:** 1942–1947 - **Also known as:** Edgar Montillion Wooley, The Beard, Edgar Montillion "Monty" Woolley - **Academy Awards:** 2 Oscar nominations - **Average Fi1m score:** 68, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty_Woolley, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1393843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0941253/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93123 ## Streaming the US now - **Pluto TV:** [*The Bishop's Wife*](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Monty Woolley was an American actor. Born Edgar Montillion Woolley in New York City, he began his career as a professor before turning to stage and screen work in the late 1920s. He achieved prominence at the age of 50 with his stage performance as Sheridan Whiteside in *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1939), which he reprised in the 1942 film adaptation. Woolley received Academy Award nominations for Best Actor for his role as John Sidney Howard in *The Pied Piper* (1942) and for Best Supporting Actor as William Smollett in *Since You Went Away* (1944). His other notable film appearances include *The Bishop's Wife* (1947) and *Midnight* (1939). He was known for his distinctive white beard and continued working in films until the mid-1950s. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), Fi1m 74, as Professor Wutheridge — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) - *Since You Went Away* (1944), Fi1m 63, as William Smollett — [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md) ## Complete filmography (29) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Kismet* (1955), as Omar - *As Young as You Feel* (1951), as John R. Hodges - *Miss Tatlock's Millions* (1948), as Miles Tatlock - *The Bishop's Wife* (1947), as Professor Wutheridge — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bishops-wife.md) - *Night and Day* (1946), as Monty Woolley - *Molly and Me* (1945), as John Graham - *Irish Eyes Are Smiling* (1944), as Edgar Brawley - *Since You Went Away* (1944), as William Smollett — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/since-you-went-away.md) - *Holy Matrimony* (1943), as Priam Farll - *Life Begins at Eight-Thirty* (1942), as Madden Thomas - *The Pied Piper* (1942), as John Sidney Howard - *The Man Who Came to Dinner* (1941), as Sheridan Whiteside - *See Your Doctor* (1939), as Doctor - *Dancing Co-Ed* (1939), as Professor Lange - *Honeymoon in Bali* (1939), as Parker (uncredited) - *Man About Town* (1939), as Henri Dubois - *Midnight* (1939), as The Judge - *Never Say Die* (1939), as Dr. Schmidt - *Zaza* (1939), as Fouget - *Artists and Models Abroad* (1938), as Gantvoort - *Young Dr. Kildare* (1938), as Dr. Lane-Porteus - *Lord Jeff* (1938), as Jeweler - *Three Comrades* (1938), as Dr. Jaffe - *The Forgotten Step* (1938), as The Art Collector - *The Girl of the Golden West* (1938), as Governor - *Arsène Lupin Returns* (1938), as Georges Bouchet - *Everybody Sing* (1938), as John Fleming - *Nothing Sacred* (1937), as Dr. Oswald Vunch (uncredited) - *Live, Love and Learn* (1937), as Mr. Bawltitude ## Gallery - ![Monty Woolley](https://film.one/media/person/1233189/gallery-54a6452c8857.jpg) Monty Woolley — Vandamm, photographer; no information re: location., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Monty_Wooley_1949.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Publicity photo of actor Monty Wooley from a stage presentation of his most famous role in The Man Who Came to Dinner.](https://film.one/media/person/1233189/gallery-ff47835ed52c.jpg) Publicity photo of actor Monty Wooley from a stage presentation of his most famous role in The Man Who Came to Dinner. — Vandamm, photographer; no information re: location., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Monty_Wooley_1949_%28cropped%29.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Photo of Monty Woolley from the film The Pied Piper. (1943)](https://film.one/media/person/1233189/gallery-461b135b6652.jpg) Photo of Monty Woolley from the film The Pied Piper. (1943) — 20th Century Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Monty_Woolley_1942.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Monty Woolley](https://film.one/media/person/1233189/gallery-003bf281ca9c.jpg) Monty Woolley — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 2 nominated - 1945: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Since You Went Away* - 1943: Best Actor (nominated), for *The Pied Piper* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/monty-woolley